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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Mustangs," where does the speaker go to high school?
(a) Needles, California.
(b) Mountain Pass, California.
(c) Willow Valley, Arizona.
(d) Golden Shores, Arizona.

2. In "Asterion's Lament," what kind of a creature is "Asterion"?
(a) Half-snake and half-human.
(b) Half-bird and half-human.
(c) Half-bull and half-human.
(d) Half-fish and half-human.

3. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Double entendre.

4. What technique is used in the "American Arithmetic" lines, "I do not remember the days before America--/ I do not remember the days when we were all here" (17)?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Hyperbaton.

5. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?
(a) Diaz is a pacifist who objects to war of any kind.
(b) The speaker's parents had a difficult relationship, and she inherited their argumentative tendencies.
(c) Both the speaker's existence and struggles result from the wars of colonial conquest.
(d) Romantic relationships represent both a beginning and an end.

6. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what creature does the speaker claim is walking down West 29th Street?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A bull.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A lion.

7. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?
(a) My cabbage.
(b) My peanut.
(c) My rabbit.
(d) My snail.

8. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?
(a) An ancient Mesoamerican ball game.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Lacross.
(d) Basketball.

9. In "The Mustangs," what figure of speech is employed in the phrase "hooves rumbling like weather in my ears" (35)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Personification.
(c) Pathetic Fallacy.
(d) Synesthesia.

10. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?
(a) She feels controlled by her partner's whims and desires.
(b) Fairy tales and fables create unrealistic expectation about love.
(c) It is easy to fall into the trap of fulfilling a stereotype.
(d) She worries about assuming that she knows how her relationship will end.

11. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?
(a) Know.
(b) Howl.
(c) Bite.
(d) Love.

12. In "Ink-Light," what technique is employed in the line, "I touch her with the eyes of my skin" (34)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Meiosis.

13. In "Like Church," what fruit does the speaker say the afterlife will be full of?
(a) Apples.
(b) Figs.
(c) Melons.
(d) Pomegranates.

14. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?
(a) He starts spending more time with his girlfriend.
(b) He develops a chronic injury.
(c) He gets more involved with his job and adult responsibilities.
(d) He develops a substance use disorder.

15. On page 32 of "Wolf OR-7," what motifs from earlier poems in the collection recur?
(a) The "dunes of your hips" and "long thirst."
(b) "A same wilding path" and "wolf naps."
(c) "Instinct" and "desire."
(d) "Tracking" and "cameras."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mustangs," what is the mother talking about when she mentions "slingshots" (35)?

2. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?

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